title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for intralobar pulmonary sequestration.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital abnormality of the lower respiratory system, which becomes symptomatic early in life. Standard treatment consists of wedge resection or lobectomy through a thoracotomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on an unusual case of a 36-year-old female patient with intralobar pulmonary sequestration on the right lower lobe, which was treated with video-assisted thoracic surgery. The case is presented along with literature review.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  VATS wedge resection is a great alternative to the traditional thoracotomy for the treatment of intralobar pulmonary sequestrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, New York, USA. davgerin@chpnet.org.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Avgerinos
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Plantilla
authors.forename: Merab
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krikhely